Frequent drug-tests ordered for armed robbery suspect

DOVER — A Rochester man accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint back in February has been ordered to undergo frequent drug testing after failing three times since his release in the summer.

After being indicted in April, Jacob Nyberg, 23, of 10 Pleasant St., was released on a bail order in May, when he was accepted into the Strafford County Community Corrections Program. He was ordered this week to participate in frequent drug tests after three violations of his bail order.

Nyberg tested positive for THC in July and again in October. His third violation came on Oct. 15 when he tested positive for benzodiazepine, a psychoactive drug,

This week, a superior court judge ordered Nyberg to submit to frequent drug tests and refrain from use of drugs or alcohol.

Nyberg is accused of stealing a purse from a woman whom he and an accomplice, Sandra Jean Fallon, 26, of 11 Olde Farm Lane, Apt. 5 in Rochester, allegedly threatened with a handgun.

Fallon is alleged to have pointed a handgun at the woman's face, physically assaulted her, and took her purse and its contents.

Nyberg is also alleged to have committed robbery, and put a gun to the victim's face. He allegedly hit the victim in the head with the gun, while committing the theft.

The two armed robbery charges Nyberg is facing are Class A felonies, each carrying a maximum sentence of 7½ to 15 years in prison.

Fallon was found guilty on a single count of armed robbery. She was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in jail, and given a credit for the 133 days she served before conviction. She was also convicted of a single count of falsifying physical evidence and received a suspended sentence of 2 to 4 years in jail. The sentence runs consecutive to the first and is suspended for five years of good behavior.

A final pretrial conference has been scheduled for Nyberg on Nov. 26 in Strafford County Superior Court.